Dec. 17, 2004
Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-4769)
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M04-206
NASA TV AIRS DELIVERY TO SPACE STATION CREW
NASA TV will broadcast live the arrival of the Russian Progress cargo
spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS) on Dec. 25. NASA
TV coverage begins at 6 p.m. EST, and the Progress will dock at
approximately 7:05 p.m. EST.
The Progress will bring approximately 5,000 pounds of cargo to the ISS
Expedition 10 crew. This is the 16th Progress to dock with the
Station. The supplies include food, fuel, spare equipment and
Christmas gifts from home. Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer
Salizhan Sharipov have been aboard the Station since mid-October.
To make room for the new craft, the Progress that arrived at the
Station in August will be undocked and deorbited on Wednesday, Dec.
22. NASA TV will not cover the Progress 15 undocking. The new
Progress is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome,
Kazakhstan, at 5:19 p.m. EST on Dec. 23. NASA will not have live TV
coverage of the launch. A status report will be issued once the
Progress reaches orbit.
NASA TV is available on the Web and via satellite in the continental
U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, at 72 degrees west longitude.
The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is
monaural at 6.80 MHz. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV is available on
AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-Band, at 137 degrees west longitude. The
frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is
monaural at 6.80 MHz. The Progress docking also will be available
live on the Internet at:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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